"Trinity" - not sure about this one

[Didache]

Hi all .. this image appeared recently on Viewfinder as part of a day out I had with overbeyond. I call it Trinity (for obvious reasons) but it is one of those pictures I am having some difficulty in assessing. It interests me, but it is rather simple at the same time.

What do you think? And I don't mind in the slightest if people think it's rubbish - I am not at all sure myself!

Cheers
Mike

[95PGTTech]

I like the colors, but the subject and the crop seem unimaginative for me. Possibly from an extreme "myspace" angle? Or more zoom and DOF making the child the subject?

[readingr]

Mike,
This isn't working for me. I am not sure why but one of the things I notice a lot is the way the life ring meets the edge of the beach and it keeps pulling my eye to that point. I also feel that perhaps if you'd crouched down to help the childs head be separated from the edge of the beach.

What I do like are the positions of the posts and the child horizontally in the frame along with the colours.

Roger

[Greg McCary]

Mike I like the signs and composition. The eye popping colors against the dull background works fine. I think it would work just as well without the child in the shot. Maybe turn him running the other way.